Mouse in stud wall

cabledude

We have a mouse in our stud wall. I think he fell in from the top as we can hear him scratching and jumping to escape. He has obviously fallen down from the attic into the stud. Any ideas as to how i'll get him out without cutting the plasterboard. All ideas welcome.

No1J

Give a company like Rentokil a buzz they might be able to give you an idea or 2.
If you found the hole in the attic, this is where I get Banned, could try small fish hook on a weighted line with peanut butter type idea?
Same idea only lower a sticky pad or drop down poison, little fecker will probably find his own way out.

antoinolachtnai

Are you sure it's a mouse and not a bird? Have had that problem before.

When I had it, made a small hole with a hammer. Filled after.

mad m

Put a trap in hotpress, they nornally find there way in there for the heat..

m1nder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjL_Gf4jdfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avczG3zeyhk

Lex Luthor

If the mouse cant find its way out it will die in there at some stage. Job done

whizbang

pull a piece of skirting.

psychward

maybe drop a mousetrap down inside the wall from the top but attach it to a cord so you can retrieve it . I think the more humane type which catches the mouse alive are actually the best bet. Suggestions about fishhooks or traps which wound or damage the mouse could mean leaving parts of it's body or blood inside your wall which would take weeks to decompose fully, bring flies and stink like nothing you've ever smelled before. Best to recover the whole mouse. If it's in there long enough it will be very hungry and easily enter a baited trap.

tenreds

A mouse died in a stud wall in my house,I had used poison in the attic and it got down a hole in the stud wall and died,really bad smell in kids room and a big mess trying to find it,I would never use poison anywhere again